Lauhdby and tailob s press



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. JENNINGS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAUNDRY AND TAILOR/S PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,131, dated February 14, 1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. JENNINGS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, vState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses for Laundry and Tailors Uses and Similar Pur poses; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a top view. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 same parts hereinafter more particularly to be described, the same letters indicating the same parts in all.

The object of my invention is to make a press which shall facilitate and expedite the work in the laundry and tailors press room and consists in arranging a horizontally movable iron with a vertically moving table to bring the work up to it as to give perfect command over both with a powerful pressure.

In constructing my press K is a standard with a suitable base to support the whole with a piston M movable in it, N being an arLor stud from M to support the table O and Q are rods forming with lever P to move their adjacent ends a toggle joint whose action on pressing down the outer end of P is to raise the pist-on M and by its projections N, (one on each side) the table L L which table turns on K by raising it a little to clear its notches from N and then can be moved back and forth as either part brought under the iron.

H is an arm supported on K and has a slide J arranged to move to and from K, and turns on K when wished.

B is a rotary iron hung in the slide J and driven by belt or chain from driving shaft E.

F F, are pipes connected to G to convey the steam or heating material to and from B, the same passing in one and down an internal pipe in G to B, heating it, passes up G to the other and is carried off, or when gas is used onepipe may supply the air and the other carry Off the products of combustion.

Fio. 1 shows a top view of the parts described the red lines showing the parts in different position, and Fig. 5 shows two plans for governing the surface of the iron B so that its revolving motion shall tend to smooth out the wrinkles in the work and the grooves allow the steam to escape to prevent sweating.

Figs. 3 and 4 are a side and top view of a variation of the arm I-I to adapt it to tailors use the iron C being hung by a swivel joint to the slide which moves on D the heating pipes being left off and the iron heated in the usual way, the red ink showing the iron in different positions.

The operation is to place. the work on the table and having given motion to the shaft E press down the lever P with the foot, bring the work up under the iron with any desired force and moving the iron in its slide or swinging the arm on the table under the iron bring all parts of the work to it.

It is evident that a variety of ways may be used to heat the revolving ironl B and some changes or variations made in other parts than those already mentioned. Therefore I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not claim the particular special arrangement or construction of the separate parts, neither do I claim the toggle joint as such is well known. But

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the movable table or arm and the levers or toggle joint for operating the same to bring the work up to the movable or revolving iron when constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes as above set forth and described.

G. W. JENNINGS. Witnesses SAML. A. ARHOLD, JAS. G. ARHOLD. 

